Remarriage Bibically
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You know I am use to if by now. seems a lot of things I see in the Bible are different from many people. I am not saying I am always correct in my views but many things have not been proven to my by supporting scriptures. I often hear that I am not interpreting correctly. We all seem to come from different backgrounds and teachings about scripture and I have learned to respect others stance while not in agreement. Seems many people cannot do that on here.
I think they are taking what you say maybe out of context. it sounds like to me your addressing the divorce that happens in the church today 
And that God is not for divorce Period. That is what the bible says, Jesus was not for divorce. it was happening because of Unforgiveness which is a harden heart. Found in the Gospel of Matt chp 5 and 6. I think your clear it is just a hard topic Iwant2serve
And that God is not for divorce Period. That is what the bible says, Jesus was not for divorce. it was happening because of Unforgiveness which is a harden heart. Found in the Gospel of Matt chp 5 and 6. I think your clear it is just a hard topic Iwant2serve
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Hey,iwant2serve, take a look at this and tell me what you think. We can then discuss some of it if you want.
Divorceed? How about some hope
Divorceed? How about some hope
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No, you bring up a good point. Now King David felt the same way when he returned, after fleeing his house from the King, King Saul gave his daughter Michal to another man as a wife. Well.... David and Michal were still married. When he returned it says David took his wife back and did not even acknowledge her marriage or force them to divorce. He simply had the leader of his army send her second husband away in tears.
Now, this is not for all remarriages but to those the Bible does not acknowledge as Marriages or abomination marriages (Deut. 24:4 and Lev 18 etc...).
An example of this today would be a man marries another man. He gives his life to Christ and divorces the other guy. Do you think he has to wait to divorce or do you think after the divorce that he is to remain single for life because he is still bound to this guy? No, I tell you. The marriage was an abomination so it was never really a marriage. We have this with Isis. They are capturing young girls "marrying" them for the day, raping them than divorcing them. Are those girls bound to this Isis fighter? No! This marriage was not according to biblical principles and she was forced into it. Now, Deut. 21 says if an Israelite takes over a land in war and likes a girl. He is to cut her hair and trim her nails and let her morn a month for her parents, then he can take her as his wife. But if she doesn't please you, you can let her go free because you humbled her. Does that sound godly? Isn't that what Isis is doing?
This is probably not going in the direction you were originally asking about but these biblical examples have us look at these things a little different.
The bible says in Matt. 5:32 that the person marrying the unlawfully (context) put away woman commits adultery. This word in the Greek is active/present meaning "continuous". So, many scholars ask the question that you are asking. There is great debate on this in the academical world. The Bible is not clear but since it does not suggest an immediate divorce in 1 Cor 7 or elsewhere it would seem like they should stay newly married and ask forgiveness possibly from their old spouses. But again, this is an argument from silence and we mist be careful to make doctrines this way.
So my answer is.. I dont know??
Now, this is not for all remarriages but to those the Bible does not acknowledge as Marriages or abomination marriages (Deut. 24:4 and Lev 18 etc...).
An example of this today would be a man marries another man. He gives his life to Christ and divorces the other guy. Do you think he has to wait to divorce or do you think after the divorce that he is to remain single for life because he is still bound to this guy? No, I tell you. The marriage was an abomination so it was never really a marriage. We have this with Isis. They are capturing young girls "marrying" them for the day, raping them than divorcing them. Are those girls bound to this Isis fighter? No! This marriage was not according to biblical principles and she was forced into it. Now, Deut. 21 says if an Israelite takes over a land in war and likes a girl. He is to cut her hair and trim her nails and let her morn a month for her parents, then he can take her as his wife. But if she doesn't please you, you can let her go free because you humbled her. Does that sound godly? Isn't that what Isis is doing?
This is probably not going in the direction you were originally asking about but these biblical examples have us look at these things a little different.
The bible says in Matt. 5:32 that the person marrying the unlawfully (context) put away woman commits adultery. This word in the Greek is active/present meaning "continuous". So, many scholars ask the question that you are asking. There is great debate on this in the academical world. The Bible is not clear but since it does not suggest an immediate divorce in 1 Cor 7 or elsewhere it would seem like they should stay newly married and ask forgiveness possibly from their old spouses. But again, this is an argument from silence and we mist be careful to make doctrines this way.
So my answer is.. I dont know??
In the context in which Jesus was talking is if you are divorcED it is because you sexually cheated on your spouse- which is the only reason allowed for divorce. And if you are divorced YOU cannot remarry, but if you do, your new spouse is also sinning if they knew you were divorcED. But the one who gave you the divorce is free to remarry just as a widow or widower is free to remarry. The punishment not to remarry is for the one who sinned, not for the innocent one.
Isis also goes by other Old Testament things- like genocide. But we are no longer under those things, like Ephesians six says about our new armor and our new war- that it is spiritual not physical. In the Old Testament, when a man raped a woman, he had to marry her, and she had to marry him, because they were under physical law, but we are now under spiritual law. Sex is physical, marriage is spiritual. They had sex so they had to get married. We get married so we have to have sex. (A husband's body belongs to his wife, and a wife's body belongs to her husband).
Yes, I know, both have a physical and a spiritual element. Ever play checkers? Let's say you play the black coins, but at the end of the game, you turn the board and play the red chips/coins. In the Old Testament it was physical bodies and physical laws. In the New Testament it is physical bodies and spiritual laws. After judgement day it will be spiritual bodies and spiritual laws.
We are no longer under the physical laws and practices of the Old Testament- which Christ nailed to the cross.
Yes, I know, both have a physical and a spiritual element. Ever play checkers? Let's say you play the black coins, but at the end of the game, you turn the board and play the red chips/coins. In the Old Testament it was physical bodies and physical laws. In the New Testament it is physical bodies and spiritual laws. After judgement day it will be spiritual bodies and spiritual laws.
We are no longer under the physical laws and practices of the Old Testament- which Christ nailed to the cross.
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